# graveyard
## English
### Etymology

From grave +‎ yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

graveyard (plural graveyards)
* A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cemetery
* (figuratively, by extension) A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
** (collectible card games) The discard pile, in some trading card games.
*** 2006, John Kaufeld, Jeremy Smith, Trading Card Games For Dummies, →ISBN, page 49:Certain cards place other cards here because such cards might have abilities deemed too strong if they sent them to the graveyard instead.
*** 2006, Michael J. Flores, Deckade: 10 Years of Decks, Thoughts, and Theory!, →ISBN, page 235:If you want to be tricky, though, Rapid Decay can be a flying elbow drop out of nowhere for a surprise win against graveyard manipulation decks; they will always see a Beetles coming, remember.
*** 2015, Kinetik Gaming, Magic the Gathering Game Guide (Unofficial), →ISBN:When a player does discard or use a card or when a creature also died or a spell gets destroyed, that card gets placed into the player's graveyard.
** (sports) A team where players are sent when they are not useful, or a team where players become useless if sent there.
* (attributively) A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity.
    graveyard shift, graveyard slot, graveyard watch
** 2024 January 14, Luke Winkie, “A Whale of a Time”, in Slate‎, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-17:Her husband, of course, came dressed as Herman Melville.) She's a veteran of these marathons, and warned me about the forthcoming graveyard stretch—when Moby-Dick melds with the altered brain chemistry of sleep deprivation.
* (US, slang) Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”)

#### Derived terms

* aircraft graveyard
* automobile graveyard
* elephants' graveyard
* flies' graveyard
* ghost in the graveyard
* graveyard chompers
* graveyard cough
* graveyard market
* graveyard-minded
* Graveyard of Empires
* graveyard of empires
* Graveyard of the Atlantic
* Graveyard of the Pacific
* graveyard orbit
* graveyard poet
* graveyard poetry
* graveyard shift
* graveyard slot
* graveyard spiral
* graveyard stew
* graveyard test
* graveyard tour
* graveyard watch
* whistle past the graveyard

#### Translations

Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
Adyghe: къэхалъэ (qɛxalˢɛ), хъэхалъэ (χɛxalˢɛ) (Shapsug)
Afrikaans: begraafplek, begraafplaas (af)
Albanian: varrezë (sq) f
Amharic: መካነ መቃብር (mäkanä mäḳabr), መቃብር ቦታ (mäḳabr bota)
Antillean Creole: simityè, senmityè
Arabic: مَقْبَرَة f (maqbara), مَقْبُرَة f (maqbura), مَدْفِن m (madfin), جَبّانة f (jabbāna), تُرْبَة (turba)
Egyptian Arabic: مقبرة f (maqbara), جبانة f (gabbāna), ترب f (turab), مدفن m (madfan)
Hijazi Arabic: مَقْبَرة f (magbara)
Moroccan Arabic: مقبرة f (maqbara), روضة f (rūḍa), قبورات f (qbūrāt)
North Levantine Arabic: مقبرة f (máʔbara)
South Levantine Arabic: مقبرة f (máʔbara), جبانة f (jabbane, jabbana), تربة f (turbe)
Aragonese: fosal m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܩܒ݂ܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ m (bēt qwure)
Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܩܒܘܪܐ m (bēṯ qḇūrē)
Armenian: գերեզմանոց (hy) (gerezmanocʻ)
Aromanian: chimitir n, murmintsã f, grupishti f, chimitiriu n
Assamese: কবৰখানা (koborkhana), কবৰস্থান (koborosthan)
Asturian: cementeriu m, campusantu m
Azerbaijani: məzarlıq, qəbiristan
Bashkir: зыярат (zıyarat)
Basque: hilerri, kanposantu
Belarusian: мо́гілкі f pl (móhilki), магі́ліцы f pl (mahílicy), цвінта́р m (cvintár) (church cemetery), мо́гільнік m (móhilʹnik)
Bengali: কারবালা (bn) (karbala)
Breton: bered (br) f
Bulgarian: гро́бище (bg) n (gróbište)
Burmese: သုသာန် (my) (su.san), သင်္ချိုင်း (my) (sanghkyuing:), တစပြင် (my) (ta.ca.prang)
Cahuilla: kuyva'al
Carpathian Rusyn: теметов m (temetov), цинтерь m (cynterʹ)
Catalan: cementiri (ca) m, camp sant, tenca d'hora
Cebuano: sementeryo, menteryo, sam-ang, lubnganan
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chamicuro: pantyon
Chechen: кешнаш (kešnaš)
Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏓᏂᏐᏗᎢ (tsunadanisodii)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 墳場 / 坟场 (fan$^4$ coeng$^4$), 公墓 (gung$^1$ mou$^6$), 墓地 (mou$^6$ dei$^6$)
Dungan: фынйүан (fɨnyüan)
Hakka: 墓地 (mu-thi)
Hokkien: 公墓 (zh-min-nan) (kong-bōng), 墓地 (zh-min-nan) (bō͘-tōe)
Jin: 墳地 / 坟地 (feng$^1$ di$^3$)
Mandarin: 公墓 (zh) (gōngmù) 墓地 (zh) (mùdì), 墳地 / 坟地 (zh) (féndì)
Xiang: 墳地 / 坟地 (fen$^2$ di$^5$)
Chuvash: ҫӑва (śăva)
Cornish: korflan f, ynkladhva f
Corsican: cimiteriu m, campusantu m
Crimean Tatar: mezarlıq, qabristan
Czech: hřbitov (cs) m, pohřebiště (cs), krchov (cs) m
Dalmatian: čemitier m
Danish: kirkegård (da) c (Christian), gravplads c (mainly non-Christian)
Dupaningan Agta: libalbang
Dutch: kerkhof (nl) n, begraafplaats (nl) f, knekelveld n
Egyptian: (ẖrj-nṯr)
Elfdalian: tjyörtjgard m
Esperanto: tombejo (eo), enterigejo
Estonian: surnuaed, kalmistu
Faroese: kirkjugarður m
Fijian: ibulubulu
Finnish: hautausmaa (fi), hautuumaa (fi), kalmisto (fi)
French: cimetière (fr) m
Friulian: cimitieri m
Galician: cemiterio (gl) m, camposanto (gl) m, cadavroa f, necrópole (gl) f
Georgian: სასაფლაო (ka) (sasaplao)
German: Friedhof (de) m, Kirchhof (de) m, Begräbnisplatz m, Gottesacker (de) m, Leichenhof m
Pennsylvania German: Karichhof m
Greek: κοιμητήριο (el) n (koimitírio), νεκροταφείο (el) n (nekrotafeío), κοιμητήρι (el) n (koimitíri)
Ancient: κοιμητήριον n (koimētḗrion)
Greenlandic: iliveqarfik
Guaraní: tyvyty
Gujarati: કબ્રસ્તાન n (kabrastān)
Haitian Creole: simityè
Hebrew: בֵּית קְבָרוֹת (he) m (béit k'varót), בֵּית עוֹלָם (he) (béit olám)
Hindi: क़ब्रिस्तान m (qabristān), गोरिस्तान m (goristān), समाधिक्षेत्र (hi) m (samādhikṣetra)
Hungarian: temető (hu)
Icelandic: kirkjugarður (is) m, grafreitur (is) m
Ido: tombeyo (io), enterigeyo
Ilocano: sementerio
Indonesian: pusara (id), pekuburan (id), kuburan (id), makam (id), pemakaman (id)
Ingrian: kalmat
Interlingua: cemeterio
Irish: reilig f, cill f
Italian: cimitero (it) m, camposanto (it) m, sepolcreto (it) m
Ivatan: pamuvunan
Jamaican Creole: simitri
Japanese: 墓 (ja) (はか, haka), 墓地 (ja) (ぼち, bochi), 霊園 (ja) (れいえん, reien), 墓場 (ja) (はかば, hakaba), 化野 (あだしの, adashino), 墓園 (ja) (ぼえん, boen)
Kannada: ಸ್ಮಶಾನ (kn) (smaśāna)
Kashubian: smãtôrz m
Kazakh: зират (zirat), бейіт (beiıt)
Khmer: ទីប៉ាឆា (tii paachaa), ប៉ាឆា (km) (paachaa)
Korean: 묘지(墓地) (ko) (myoji), 묘원(墓園) (ko) (myowon)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قەبرستان (qebristan), گۆڕستان (gorristan)
Northern Kurdish: goristan (ku) f, qebristan (ku)
Kyrgyz: мазар (ky) (mazar), көрүстөн (ky) (körüstön)
Ladin: curtina f
Ladino: betahayim m, sementario m
Lao: ປ່າຊ້າ (pā sā), ສຸສານ (su sān)
Latin: coemeterium n, sepulcrētum n
Latvian: kapsēta f, kapi m
Ligurian: çementeri m, campu santu m
Limos Kalinga: lolobnan
Lingala: nkunda class 9/10
Lithuanian: kapinės (lt) m
Lombard: please add this translation if you can
Low German: Begreefplak
Luxembourgish: Kierfecht m
Macedonian: гробишта (mk) n pl (grobišta)
Maia: matmat
Malay: pekuburan
Malayalam: ശവക്കോട്ട (ml) (śavakkōṭṭa)
Maltese: ċimiterju m, midfen m
Manx: rhuillick f
Maori: urupā, whakauenuku
Mapudungun: eluwe, eltun, eltuwe
Marathi: दफनभूमी (daphanbhūmī), कबरस्तान (kabrastān)
Mari:
Western Mari: шӹгерлӓ (šÿgerlä)
Mirandese: semitério m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: оршуулгын газар (oršuulgyn gazar)
Mwani: kuzimu class 17
Navajo: jishchááʼ, łeeh dahoʼdiiʼníiłgi
Nepali: चिहान (cihān)
Norman: chymetyire, chînm'tchiéthe m (Jersey)
Northern Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Northern Mansi: савыӈкан (savyňkan)
Northern Sami: girkogárdi, hávdeeanan
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kirkegård m, gravlund (no) m, leggplass m, gravplass m
Nynorsk: kyrkjegard m, gravlund m, gravplass m
Occitan: cementèri (oc) m, sagrat
Odia: ଶ୍ମଶାନ (or) (śmaśāna)
Old Czech: břitov m
Old English: līctūn m
Pali: susāna n
Pangasinan: sementerio
Pannonian Rusyn: тeмeтoв m (temetov)
Papiamentu: santana, graf
Pashto: جېرګه f (jerga), قبرستان (ps) m (qabrestān), ګورستان m (gorestān), مړستون (ps) m (mëṛëstun)
Persian:
Dari: قَبْرِسْتَان (qabristān), گورِسْتَان (gōristān)
Iranian Persian: قَبْرِسْتان (ğabrestân), گورِسْتان (gurestân)
Picard: chimintière m
Piedmontese: simiteri m
Plautdietsch: Kjoakjhoff m, Graufhoff m, Frädhoff m
Polish: cmentarz (pl) m, cmentarny (pl) m
Portuguese: cemitério (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕਬਰਸਤਾਨ m (kabrasatān)
Quechua: ayapampa
Rohingya: hoborstán, koborstán
Romagnol: camsãnt m, ẓimitēri m
Romanian: cimitir (ro) n, țintirim (ro) n (archaic)
Romansch: santeri, santieri, sunteri
Russian: кла́дбище (ru) n (kládbišče), кирку́т m (kirkút) (Jewish)
Saanich: šməlq̕ʷelə
Samoan Plantation Pidgin: matmat
Sanskrit: श्मशान (sa) n (śmaśāna)
Scottish Gaelic: cladh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гробље n, мезарје n, гробиштe n, пoкoпaлиштe n, гробје n, мезарлук m (Islam)
Roman: groblje (sh) n, mezarje (sh) n, grobište (sh) n, pokopalište n, grobje n, mezarluk (sh) m (Islam)
Sicilian: cimiciaru (scn) m, cimiteru (scn) m, campusantu (scn) m
Silesian: smyntorz m, kyrchof m, kerchůw m
Sinhalese: ආළාහනය (āḷāhanaya)
Slovak: cintorín (sk) m
Slovene: pokopališče (sl) n, britof m (informal)
Somali: xabaalo m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kjarchob m, zakopowanišćo n
Upper Sorbian: kěrchow m
Spanish: cementerio (es) m, campo santo (es) m, camposanto (es) m, panteón (es) m (Andes, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico)
Sranan Tongo: berpe, beripe
Sundanese: pakuburan
Swahili: makaburi
Swedish: begravningsplats (sv) c, kyrkogård (sv) c
Tagalog: sementeryo
Tajik: гӯристон (güriston), қабристон (tg) (qabriston)
Tamil: இடுகாடு (ta) (iṭukāṭu)
Tatar: зират (tt) (zirat), каберлек (tt) (qaberlek)
Telugu: పితృవనము (te) (pitr̥vanamu), వల్లకాడు (te) (vallakāḍu), శ్మశానము (te) (śmaśānamu), రుద్రభూమి (te) (rudrabhūmi), శ్మశానవాటిక (śmaśānavāṭika)
Thai: ป่าช้า (th) (bpàa-cháa), สุสาน (th) (sù-sǎan), ที่ฝังศพ (tîi-fǎng-sòp)
Tibetan: དུར་ཁྲོད (dur khrod)
Tigre: መቓብር (mäḳʰabr)
Tigrinya: መካነ-መቓብር (mäkanä-mäḳʰabr)
Tocharian B: erkau
Tok Pisin: matmat
Turkish: mezarlık (tr), kabristan (tr), mezaristan (tr), gömütlük (tr), tahtalıköy (tr) (colloquial)
Turkmen: mazarlyk, mazarçylyk
Ukrainian: цви́нтар (uk) m (cvýntar), кладо́вище (uk) n (kladóvyšče), кла́довище (uk) n (kládovyšče), кладови́сько n (kladovýsʹko), гробки́ m pl (hrobký), гробови́ще (uk) n (hrobovýšče), могилки́ f pl (mohylký), кірку́т m (kirkút) (Jewish)
Urdu: قَبْرِسْتان m (qabristān), گورِسْتان m (goristān)
Uyghur: قەبرىستانلىق (qebristanliq), مازارلىق (mazarliq)
Uzbek: qabriston (uz), goʻriston (uz)
Veps: kaumišt
Vietnamese: nghĩa trang (vi), nghĩa địa (vi), bãi tha ma (vi)
Vilamovian: kiychhöf m
Volapük: sepülemöp, sepülamöp (vo), funafeil, deadanöp (vo)
Walloon: aite (wa) f, cimintire (wa) f
Waray-Waray: sementeryo
Wayuu: aamaka
Welsh: claddfa, mynwent f, corfflan f
West Frisian: tsjerkhôf (fy) n, begraafplak n
Wolof: baameel
Yiddish: בית־עולם m (beys-oylem), קבֿרות m (kvores), צווינטער m (tsvinter) (non-Jewish)
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